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[572b]
the visions of his dreams are least
likely to be lawless.”1 “I certainly think so,” he
said. “This description has carried us too far,2 but the point
that we have to notice is this, that in fact there exists in every one of
us, even in some reputed most respectable,3 a terrible, fierce and
lawless brood of desires, which it seems are revealed in our sleep.
Consider, then, whether there is anything in what I say, and whether you
admit it.” “Well, I do.”

1 This
sentence contains 129 words. George Moore says, “Pater's
complaint that Plato's sentences are long may be regarded as Pater's
single excursion into humor.” But Pater is in fact justifying
his own long sentences by Plato's example. He calls this passage Plato's
evening prayer.

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